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Partnership Confucius Institute bridges US, China links high National need for schools, UH, Chinese language teachers to be met workforce By Matthew K. Ing By Andrew Affleck Ka Leo News Editor Ka Leo Staff Reporter “A good beginning is half the The University of Hawai‘i, in road to success.” conjunction with the Department Citing Confucius, Li Yaosheng, of Education, Gov. Linda Lingle, the Los Angeles Consul of Education and Hawaii’s Business Roundtable for the People’s Republic of China, have agreed to join the American helped announce Monday the estab- Diploma Project, a national initia- lishment of the Confucius Institute at tive that seeks to ease students’ the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. transitions from high school to The institute will create a coop- college or the work force. erative relationship between China Hawai‘i, Arizona, Maine and and the United States to disseminate New Mexico all agreed this year the Chinese language and culture, to join the organization that was UH Vice Chancellor for Academic started in 2005 by Achieve, Inc., Affairs Neal Smatresk said. The UH and now connects 26 states. Confucius Institute is one of 111 By joining the ADP, Hawai‘i being established worldwide in 46 has agreed to expand its existing countries, and one of 12 in the U.S. efforts to make high school stan- The Chinese government has dards, assessments and curricula agreed to donate more than $113,000 more challenging. That way, stu- to the university, as well as two full- dents know what to expect when DAN RICHARDS • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i time faculty members to teach the they graduate. Chinese language, one of whom being Hao Ping unveils the Confucius Institute at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa on Monday. Coordinators believe that this an associate dean of the Chinese lan- is vital in Hawai‘i, as the state’s guage, according to Cynthia Ning, the of the Chinese language. As part of the Hawai‘i State Department of it,” Ning said. “[The Confucius sophomore reading and mathemat- associate director of the UH Center the program, the Departments of Education, will work together to try Institute] establishes a cooperation to ics scores were lower than six East Asian Languages and Second to fill the national vacancies. train teachers for those specific skills. other states in a survey conducted for Chinese Studies. Language Education, and the College “Just because you can speak by Achieve, Inc. The results found Ning said that the U.S. is in See Confucius, page 2 that Hawaii’s comprehension cur- need of more than 2,500 teachers of Education at UH, with help from Chinese doesn’t mean you can teach riculum was more in line with what post-second- ary faculty would expect, Students make Hawaiian adze on campus but the reading By Michelle White basalt. He found a comfortable test was easier Ka Leo Managing Editor position and, using black sand, he than most of started to create a beveled edge on the other states JOHNSRUD A group of archaeology stu- his crudely-shaped adze. surveyed. In dents at the University of Hawai‘i UH student Eric Ferraro took over math, Hawaii’s at Mānoa gathered a few weeks as sweat poured from Porter’s face. test was more rigorous than in ago near a pond located on the UH “Adze-making is hard work,” other states, but the scores for lower campus by the football prac- Porter said. passing were comparable to the tice field. As Ferraro and Porter worked, other states. Using techniques practiced in The National Center for Public UH student Michele Magi held Hawai‘i since about 1000 A.D., Policy and Higher Education’s obsidian in one hand while using a they chipped and grounded basalt annual report card for Hawai‘i stone in her other hand to chip away said that with its low performance into preforms. The final product at the rock. Her hands had a few in education, Hawaii’s youth will will be a Hawaiian adze. cuts and abrasions, proof that stone- greatly affect the state and the “Basalt was Hawaii’s key tool- work is not for the weak. Magi also making rock,” said Robert Bollt, economy in the future. The work- used bone or antler billets in later lecturer of Archeology 380 Lab force will not be competent to fill stages to refine obsidian pieces. Techniques. He received his doc- the jobs left vacant by retirees. Students used a grinding stone toral degree from UH, and did his The report also stated that which came from a wall near the Hawai‘i continues to fall behind dissertation research in French pond site. Water and various types in graduating ninth-graders within Polynesia. four years and enrolling them in He and his students traveled of sand were placed on the rock’s college by age 19. These rates to Kapa‘a in Kailua to collect the flat surface to aid in shaping the have dropped by double digits basalt that they are now using. basalt. since the early 1990s. Kapa‘a, more specifically the “Black sand keeps its abrasive- Linda Johnsrud, vice presi- Kapa‘a Quarry, is located in what ness much better compared to white dent for Academic Planning and was once an ancient site. The rocks sand,” Bollt said. “A friend from Policy at UH, said she supports from Kapa‘a were used to make the Big Island sent me some black Hawaii’s decision to join the ADP. tools, which, in turn, were used to sand.” He also uses olivine, or She said that high schools, univer- build homes, voyaging canoes and green, sand to finish the process. sities and the business sector need other weapons and tools needed for Bollt’s students all agreed that to be working together toward one survival. their class is like no other, calling it goal. Johnsrud thinks it is great It took anthropology major “fun” and “hands-on.” DANNAH GONZALES • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Jarib Porter about five to six hours The class also performs cul- See Diploma, page 2 Eric Ferrarl shapes basalt into an adze using black sand. to make one Hawaiian adze with tural surveys in Waimånalo. Page 2 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Wednesday, November 8, 2006 | NEWS

at Mililani High School, said that although his school was one of the higher-ranked schools academi- Diploma cally in Hawai‘i, the American From page 1 Diploma Program is important to students across the state. “Education is essential that the university faculty and busi- for individuals and the state,” ness leaders are talking with DOE Brummel said. “We can’t be left and administrators. behind academically. Jobs in the “It’s about time to stop the future are relying on higher educa- talk,” Johnsrud said, “[and] started tion, and Hawaii’s students aren’t working together.” measuring up too well when it Johnsrud explained that the comes to going onto post-second- program will provide technical ary institutions.” assistance and consultation that Brummel said that he hopes will help K-12 teachers and post- to use the program as a means to secondary faculty work together so students know what it takes to let students know what they need succeed in both college and in the to do to be ready for the transition work force. to the university level and to the “This is an effort to be pro- workforce. active,” Johnsrud said. “Linking “Most people today need a K-12 teachers with university fac- college degree if they want to be ulty will help the students. For on a livable wage,” Johnsrud said. example, we can take a passage “In Hawai‘i, tourism is the biggest written by a high school student industry, and there are a lot of and get evaluations from a high low-end jobs in the service sector, DAN RICHARDS • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i school teacher and, say, an English but these people recognize later FROM LEFT: Interim Chancellor Denise Konan, President David McClain, President of Bejing Foreign Studies and Governon Linda Lingle watch 100 professor. By doing this, we that you can’t do these jobs for the the opening presentation of the Confucius Institute at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa on Monday. can expect the standards to be rest of your life if you want to buy matched on the same wavelength a house or get married.” because of the large Chinese popu- for Japanese speakers came with between school and university.” Achieve, Inc. said that roughly lation in Hawai‘i but also because the rush of Japanese tourists, so The director of the DOE’s two-thirds of all new jobs require of the “big role” that the Chinese must we train Chinese speakers, Systems Accountability Office, some form of post-secondary edu- Confucius will play in upcoming decades. she said. Robert McClelland, said that the cation, with experts expecting that From page 1 “No one can doubt that China Hao Ping, UH alumnus and program would be valuable to the number to increase in the future. will grow into and is a major world president of Beiging Foreign state for several reasons. However, Hawai‘i is not the power,” Lingle said. Studies University — UH’s part- “Having the ability to work only state facing education problems. Then, they’ll be sent out to work After signing a memoran- ner university in the cooperation closely with university and pub- Johnsrud said it that is a in public high schools and elemen- dum of understanding earlier this that traditionally trains most of lic high school employees,” nationwide problem, and pointed tary schools.” year, Lingle said that she expects China’s diplomatic corps — said McClelland said, “will help us to figures that show that just 17 Gov. Linda Lingle, who attend- to ensure that we are working Chinese tourism to play a major that in an age of globalization and out of every 100 college entrants ed the opening ceremony, said that towards the students’ best inter- part in Hawaii’s economy in com- multiculturalism, there has been an graduate on time in the United the institute is important not only ing years. Just as a massive need ests. This program will aim at States. She noted that it is hard increased demand for programs in making the students successful the Chinese language and culture. to see Hawaii’s college students employees in the work force or graduating any faster in the near “We [the Confucius Institute] successful in the postsecondary future. believe,” Ping said, “that we are forms of education.” “College students graduat- the bridge to connect China and Johnsrud said there are cur- ing in six years is more common America across the Pacific.” rently problems in Hawai‘i’s K-12 these days,” she said, “especially UH Interim Chancellor Denise educational system that are a con- in Hawai‘i with our high cost of Konan said that with the imple- cern. A large number of students living and the high percentage of mentation of the institute, she need to take remedial classes at students who work.” hopes that the university will rise community colleges before enter- UH is also stepping up its in rank to the top five in Chinese ing a university. She also said that businesses have been involved in support for students, with a line in education in the nation. its biennium budget earmarked for Currently, more than 200 the program because they have found some high school-educated “student success.” Around $3 mil- undergraduate students have employees that have not been pro- lion will be assigned to this area in declared majors in the field of ficient in areas like math, reading the next two years. Chinese studies. At UH, there are and writing. “For students,” Johnsrud said, more than 150 courses in Chinese Johnsrud said that to succeed “it is a matter of coming prepared. studies within more than 20 disci- in most jobs today, one needs some We need to provide advisors, plines, and the school is the only form of post-secondary degree or financial aid, tutoring and skills university to present full student- certificate. assistance to students to ensure produced Chinese operas. John Brummel, the principal they succeed at University.” Mercury will pass the sun today Ka Leo News Desk not be visible to the naked eye, Haleakalā and Mauna Kea will University of Hawai‘i astronomers capture images during the expect- The planet Mercury will cross plan to transmit this rare event live ed five-hour event, which will not paths with the sun today at 9:12 over the Internet. reoccur until May 2016. The UH Institute for a.m. HST, but because this will Special telescopes on Astronomy, UH Hilo Physics and Astronomy Department and the Haleakala Amateur Astronomers put together the webcast. It will include real-time images in various wavelengths, including hydrogen- alpha, white light and calcium-K. The images will be compiled and updated every half hour into time- lapse movies. UH astronomers Robert McLaren, Jeffrey Kuhn and Stuart Jefferies will be available for interviews during the webcast. The UH Institute for Astronomy researches galaxies, cosmology, planets and the sun. The faculty and staff are also involved in the development and management of the observatories on Haleakalā and Mauna Kea.

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Kadeadline Leo Features Desk extendedware: Photoshop 6.0/7.0, Freehand MX or Illustrator 10/CS. The centennial catalog edition of • Will be output onto a linotronic 1270 the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa con- dpi, 133-150 line screen. test has been extended to Nov. 20 at 4:30 p.m. • Payment of $600 upon completion of Submissions should reflect the the project for final design. atmosphere of UH and the diversity of • All final submissions will become the faculty and students. The UH Mānoa the property of the UH Mānoa Catalog catalog is used by current students and Office. as a recruitment tool for prospective students and their families. • Size: 18” width x 11” height, 1” spine Submissions should be dropped off to a final size of 8’1/2” x 11” at the Catalog Office, Queen Liliʻuokalani Center for Student Services, room 102. The front cover of the catalog should Students must include their name, con- contain the following information: tact information and affiliation to UH. • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The selected student will be respon- • Centennial theme “Honoring Our Past, sible for the following tasks: Celebrating Our Present, Creating Our COURTESY PHOTO • Sony Pictures • Develop a concept design idea to be Future” Actor plays psychologically damaged Augusten Burroughs in “Running With Scissors,” a movie based upon Burroughs’ life. incorporated into all title pages (32 total) • Centennial logo throughout the catalog. Title pages are • 2007-2008 Catalog printed in black only. • Prepare working drafts of the design for approval by the Catalog Committee. The back of the cover should include: • Prepare final camera-ready copy and • University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Conversation with a 11:22big a.m. wig By Paul Kolbe Thanks,” but still no invite. digital file for printing to include the file, Honolulu, HI 96822 “I would never want pity,” Ka Leo Staff Writer Another student reporter says“like, fonts and images onto a zip diskette or a • 2007-2008 Catalog um” more times than a 16-year-old val- Burroughs said. “I don’t regret any- CD. (Final size of photos used must be • http://www.catalog.hawaii.edu Interviewing a celebrity conjures ley girl at the mall. Then the student thing that ever happened to me.” 300-pixel resolution) up images of fancy dinners, late night apologizes for saying “Mr. Murphy” It’s a bold statement. If even Additional information: barhopping and possible invitations to because he’s trying to be “like, profes- half of what Burroughs has writ- • Preferred software: QuarkXpress, For more information, contact the yachts or châteaus — not a speaker- sional.” At this point, the listen-but- ten down is true, then describing InDesign or Pagemaker. Acceptable soft- UH Catalog Office at 956-9947. phone teleconference and a coffee mug can’t-speak aspect of the conversation himself as “brave” is something I’m full of pee at the University of Hawai‘i saves me from verbally abusing the beginning to feel as well. He seems at Mānoa. But hey, you got to start reporter before a national audience. very self-aware of humanity and the somewhere. blurred lines of good and bad. He When Ka Leo asked several 11:08 a.m. and Murphy talk of how none of weeks ago if anyone wanted to inter- Finally, an intelligent question the characters were to be portrayed view Augusten Burroughs, author of the leads Burroughs to talk about his name. as villains, either in the book or in hugely successful memoir “Running “I changed my name to pretend it the movie. I don’t know if he has never happened,” Burroughs said, who with Scissors,” I jumped at the chance. actually forgiven all those who put was born Christopher Robison. “You A movie, which started Oct. him through those experiences, but can’t outrun your past.” 27, was made and directed by Ryan he has certainly come to terms with He said he was “allowing that past Murphy. It is about Burroughs’ expe- them. His explanation of the title to control and, in many ways, ruin his rience growing up with an alcoholic life.” This led him to write the book. father and delusional mother, who sent “Writing is the way I deal with my See Scissors, page 7 him to live with her psychiatrist and emotions,” he said. his family. When he is adopted, he is This would be a perfect opening exposed to odd family members and for my hard-hitting, non-complemen- weird forms of therapy. He is also sexu- tary question. ally molested by the guy living above The Wikipedia information I had the garage. found on Burroughs stated that he had The movie features Gwyneth adopted his foster family’s name and Paltrow and . the family was currently suing him I hadn’t read the book — or any for defamation. The information seems of his other books — nor had I seen an strange, and since Wikipedia can be advanced screening of the movie. But I edited by anyone, I wanted to see if did watch the movie trailer online, and there was any truth to this. that had to count for something. But I’m at the will of the Murphy, who also created the AT&T operator, and I don’t think critically acclaimed television show he really cares. “Nip/Tuck,” would be present for the interview. 11:15 a.m. I’m crossing off most of the ques- 11 a.m. tions I’ve written down that were being I punch in my security code and asked by other reporters. I’m also won- am allowed to enter into the telecon- dering why the class outside the office ference — there go my illusions of I’m in is watching “Adaptation” with châteaus; Burroughs and Murphy are in English subtitles. They’re not deaf, San Francisco, and it’s a one-way con- nor are they foreign. I press *0 again. versation. The college reporters across The operator asks if I have a follow-up the country can press *0 to ask a ques- question. “I can ask follow-up ques- tion. Throughout the conference, I do tions?” I wish I knew that sooner. I concede that I do not, and he assures this repeatedly, much to the chagrin of me that I’m coming up. the operators running the conference. I get through once. 11:20 a.m. Joseph Fiennes’ performance of the 11:06 a.m. man who sexually molests Burroughs It’s unclear if many of the student as a young man is being described as reporters are asking meaningful ques- “chilling” and “spot on,” and I have tions, or if they simply want to expose to pee. I tense my muscles and watch their love for Burroughs and Murphy a funny scene from “Adaptation,” but and possibly be invited to a château I’m not laughing. I’m wondering what — the nerve. it must be like to see a portrayal of One student from Detroit immedi- yourself being sexually molested on ately hogs up the line and proceeds to a movie screen. It must take some- go off on a sycophantic tirade toward one at peace with himself. Burroughs’ Burroughs and Murphy. candor has me thinking about reading “Your book is very brave,” the his book. A candid memoir is a rarity. student said. “Nip/Tuck is one of my Most people try to somehow make favorite shows.” themselves look good while feigning Murphy replied, “You’re sweet. some bit of true honesty. Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Commentary Page 4 | Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Editor: Kimberly Shigeoka, Associate Editor: Justin Hahn | (808) 956-3214 | [email protected] A unique theory on EditorialCartoon population control considered ordinary because most With the population people are heterosexual.) I am not suggesting that any human needs growing, homosexuals validation for their continued exis- tence. We are all equally important may save the world no matter how we express love. But still, any curious person has to wonder why things are different. By Justin Hahn If nature does things for a reason, Ka Leo Staff Writer then homosexuality must be for population control. That’s right, Nature doesn’t do things with- population control. out a reason. Nature works towards Once again, I marvel at nature’s efficiency. It strives to create com- ingenuity and power. Nature has a petitive, well-adapted organisms way of putting back into balance in harmony with their environment what has gone so horribly wrong. and in touch with themselves. And gay people are the answer to But when I think about homo- our present population crisis. sexuality, a major aspect of our In a world where one sixth of human existence in the 21st cen- the human population consumes 80 tury, I have to wonder about its percent of the resources, and the purpose. If life’s main goal is to rest are scrabbling to get dibs on perpetuate itself, then why have the leftovers, we’re in a bind. We organisms that cannot naturally don’t have enough water, energy, reproduce? or land for our current six bil- I know I shouldn’t try to put a lion, yet the US Census Bureau ILLUSTRATION PROVIDED BY MCT CAMPUS human face on something so much says we’re going to raise that to greater than I can ever imagine or nine billion by 2042. We reproduce the chemicals and restore it to comprehend. My mind is limited without regard to our environment a semblance of livability. In the create the required number of offspring, the and my Western, Judeo-Christian or our impacts on our environment. A study on homosexuality viewpoint is biased. space-time continuum, when some men are no longer needed to reproduce, We refuse to slow down in any theoretical happening mucks up But I have to believe that meaningful way. A study released in Oct. 2004 attempt- leaving them free for other pursuits – like the time line, another theoretical nature has a reason for everything This is quite a problem, unless ed to examine how homosexuality inter- caring for the children, interior design, and it does. I have to keep telling happening sets it right back to the you consider nature’s plans for the acts with the rest of human experience. making dance music. And since men are myself that there is some order to Earth. Perhaps homosexuals are way it was before (don’t ask me the madness, and that the absurdity to explain. I just know what “Star According to a report of the study in notorious (whether right or wrong) for the saviors of the human race and the journal “Nature,” “Homosexuality may fathering more children than would be liked I perceive is not so absurd after the planet Earth. Trek,” The Discovery Channel and all. In “Jurassic Park,” when sci- Stephen Hawking tell me). And be partly influenced by genetics. The same or can be cared for with available resources, Set aside your preconceived entists fixed things so the dino- in an environment where a single, genes that are proposed to predispose to homosexuality would be an adept means of assumptions and prejudices. With saurs couldn’t breed, nature found hugely successful species threatens homosexuality [in men] may also boost population management. The journal went this in mind, I ask: why create some- a way. In toxic waste dumps, to destroy everything with over- reproduction in women.” on to remind readers that society plays a thing so drastically out of step with where nothing grows or lives, population, nature finds a remedy the ordinary? (Heterosexuality is This means that if a family’s sisters can large role in determining sexual orientation. nature designs bacteria to remove for that as well: homosexuality.

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Why are we all Saddam stupid? history — so much to judge in EditorialCartoon only five short years. You’d never know about the present if all you’ve heard is President Bush talk, however. “The victims of this regime have received a measure of justice that many thought would never come,” By Casey Ishitani he said. Well, the victims left alive Ka Leo Comics Editor received justice, anyway. The rest probably should have wished hard- After much deliberations and er for “liberation,” huh? even more procrastination, former For those of us who aren’t President of Iraq, Ba’ath Party stuck in the past, however, there is Leader, and Mario Brother Saddam the dilemma of how to actually do Hussein has been sentenced to something productive in Iraq that death by hanging ... two days doesn’t leave it looking like the before the mid-term election. So, surface of the moon. Beyond all technically this isn’t an October the jokes and jabs at a man who Surprise, but ... oh never mind. has little time left, there should What’s a few days? at least be a moment of contex- Given the antagonistic nature tual clarity. Is there a politician of the soon-to-be-dead ex-dictator, out there that goes beyond the one would think the people of Iraq trite and vaguely suspect October- — a nation that has endured more Surprise-style aggrandizement that than enough violence — would this verdict has gushed all over wipe their brows, hold hands, yesterday’s elections for Bush’s climb a hill, and wait for Jesus constituency? to come out of the sky with Santa Saddam Hussein is not the ILLUSTRATION PROVIDED BY MCT CAMPUS Claus to drop white picket fences war. Just because he’s done for, and two-story houses in Baghdad. doesn’t mean the fighting is. Had a However, what the verdict has significant number that was more successfully done is open up a than 50 percent of you voted, this new tear in the corroded fabric would not be a necessary screed. Ka Leo Editorials of Iraq’s — and maybe even the whole Middle East’s — Sunni and About the Column Shi’a populations (if you need In this weekly column by perpetual Needs You! help identifying the differences dirge-machine Casey Ishitani, you between, you can ask your newly will learn humility, wonder, and all Are you constantly elected official). It has also served that TV-teen-soap crap. expressing your opinions as an excellent distraction for the on different subjects? war in Iraq, bringing focus more toward the crimes Hussein com- We need writers who are informed, enthusiastic and mitted in the late ’80s and early don’t mind a little fame. ’90s, back when the guy actually had weapons of mass destruction. E-mail [email protected] for your chance to get Apparently, this oversight of your ideas out there. the present is something else for history to judge. Poor overworked

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Box 11674, Honolulu, HI 96828-0674 FEATURES | Wednesday, November 8, 2006 | Ka Leo O Hawai‘i | Page 7 Events Scissors Travel Destination Calendar From page 3 Please e-mail any community or campus events to [email protected]. reaffirms my theory. “Just a sense of running with scis- “Revisiting Melanesian kas- sors is free,” he says. “There’s some- tom: cultural production at thing very free about that, and then the Solomon Islands National there’s danger, disobedience.” Museum,” an anthropology col- 11:32 a.m. loquium, today, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., More compliments. I don’t remem- Saunders Hall, room 345. The paper ber ass-kissing being a topic in any of offers a brief history of formations my classes, but I’m sure some journalis- of public culture in and around the tic code is being broken. Still, I begin to Solomon Islands National Museum. realize why a cast as impressive as the Anthropology professor Geoffrey one assembled is attracted to the script. It seems to be something like“American White will present. Beauty,” only with more drugs and dur- “Someday,” a play, today, 7:30 p.m., ing the ’70s. , also from “American Beauty,” plays his mother. Chaminade University, Black Box Others include Gwyneth Paltrow, Brian Theatre. A woman and her daughter Cox, and newcomer lives apart for 35 years. Also plays Joseph Cross, who plays Burroughs. It Friday, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 3 p.m. may not work at all as a movie, but the Info, 735-4725. cast alone makes me want to see it. Murphy says he was attracted to The Opihi Pickers performs the book because he could identify with today, 9 p.m. to 12 a.m., Ryan’s Grill certain elements of the story such as the COURTESY PHOTO • Weston Lambert and Bar. Info, 591-9132. ’70s setting, being sexually molested and struggling with emerging homo- A picture of the historical Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was founded by Sultan Ahmet I and completed in 1616. Baba B performs today, 9:30 p.m. sexuality. The apparently graphic sex in to 12:30 a.m., Mai Tai Bar, Ala Moana the novel has been toned down for the film. Something Murphy says was done Center. Info, 947-2900. partially to achieve an R rating. But I “Structure/function analysis of think both he and Burroughs know that the American public is uncomfortable Land of spires and culture complement component C3,” a with two men kissing. A man molest- country by bus, train, airplane and ferry, ing the beautiful but relatively sedate Cancer Research Center of Hawai’i ing a minor onscreen spells “straight to Turkey trip I was able to meet people from all over western half of Turkey, I found myself seminar, tomorrow, 12 to 1 p.m., DVD.” Turkey and from every social bracket, edging to the Southeast. 1236 Lauhala St., Suite 401. David bolsters rounding my perspective of a people Several warnings and military Fritzinger, associate specialist in the 11:35 a.m. rich in culture and history. roadblocks later, I found myself in the human connection During my two weeks at The center of Van (100 km north of Iraq), CRCH Natural Products and Cancer The urge to relieve myself is now taking over. I weigh the odds of running Glass Furnace, I participated in a basic where I was warmly welcomed — even Biology Program, will present. Info, glass blowing course with students from the police stopped to chat, employing to the bathroom against my name being By Weston Lambert CRCH, Wendy Mitchell, 586-3010, called to ask a question, and I decide places like Egypt, England and Finland. the few scraps of English they knew. Ka Leo Contributing Writer [email protected]. they are not in my favor. I look at my While I gained greater technical glass- If the P.K.K. ran this place, it was not empty coffee mug. I know what has to working skills, the most valuable expe- apparent during my stay there. As I sat in the Vancouver “‘That which is not light is not be done. riences came from the interactions with In Van, as in every other city, I International Airport, waiting for French’: enlightenment in French, my flight to Istanbul, Turkey, last my classmates and the Turks I met dur- consistently experienced two things: 11:36 a.m. 1683-1784,” a history forum, tomor- summer, I cracked the crisp spine ing my travels. Turkish people were genuinely hospi- I’m zipping up and the batteries in row, 12 to 1:30 p.m., Sakamaki of my journal and began listing the While western cities like Istanbul, table, and they liked Americans, but my recorder are dying. Perfect timing! I assumptions I had about Middle Pamukkale and Selcuk are accustomed disliked our president. Hall, room A201. History professor put in new batteries as the next reporter Eastern cultures. to the hoards of tourists marveling at At the end of my trip, I under- Matthew Lauzon will present. Info, asks to be the last to ask a question. I expected different clothes, their ancient sights, eastern destina- stood the idea of the common denom- Bad move! She forgets her status as Peter Hoffenberg, 956-8497, peterh@ architecture and religion, but the tions, like Konya and Van, draw less inator, which is human necessity. a college reporter and never gets her hawaii.edu. most profound difference — or sim- fair-weather vacationers. This connected everyone I met in my chance. ilarity — I was to learn later had Arriving in Istanbul, I was fore- travels and everyone I knew at home. Tiffany Yoshida will sing much less to do with those factors warned by locals to avoid the south- We all have families and bills. For 11:38 a.m. soprano tomorrow, 1:30 p.m., and more to do with something less eastern quarter of the country because example, we eat, sleep, commute and Orvis Auditorium. Yoshida, a student My name is finally called, and I’m of a terrorist organization called the only want the best for those close to thinking with a clear bladder. With an tangible. It was something buried Kurdistan Workers’ Party (P.K.K.) that us. When we look at one another in of music professor Laurence Paxton, “aloha,” stealthily concealed to show beneath all of the negative media operates there. Naturally, I was drawn the light of humanity, our similarities is performing her junior recital. Info, my unique brand of ass kissing from images of suicide bombers and tur- to it, and after gaining courage explor- vastly outnumber our differences. the others, I ask Burroughs if it’s true ban-wearing fanatics — a common music department, 95-MUSIC, uhm- denominator — the human spirit. [email protected], http://www. that his name was adopted from the family which put him through Hell, as I am in my senior year of the hawaii.edu/uhmmusic. it read on Wikipedia, and if he currently Bachelor of Fine Arts glass pro- gram at the University of Hawai‘i “Finding maps online,” a had contact with his adopted and bio- logical families? He said no (damn that at Mānoa. Earlier in the year, I University of Hawaii library work- Wikipedia). was awarded the Vice Chancellor shop, tomorrow, 1:30 to 3 p.m., “‘Augusten Burroughs’ I made Summer Undergraduate Research Sinclair Library, first floor. The work- up when I was 18,” he said. “That’s Award to attend a glass school in shop will show participants Web sites completely made up. When I left the Istanbul called Cam Ocagi (The Glass Furnace). where maps can be found. To sign family, I left for good. My mother and I don’t have a relationship either; we’re My primary goal there was up: [email protected]. Info, Jonelle estranged. My brother and I are close, to produce work based on a com- Sage, 956-9932, [email protected]. and my father and I, we [became] closer parison of the politics and culture in the later years, but he died about a of the United States and Turkey. A Japanese studies seminar year and a half ago.” Turkey has a relatively “happening” about Kasuga no Tsubone tomor- Before I go in for the kill and ask art scene and is known for the glass row, 3 to 4:30 p.m., Moore Hall, room him if his adopted family was truly that its citizens produced histori- 319. Yoshiko Dykstra will present. suing him, I inform him of the misinfor- cally. The draw to me was the inter- national atmosphere of the school Info, Center for Japanese Studies, mation about his name on Wikipedia. He thanks me, and the operator moves — a meeting place of cultures from 956-2665, [email protected], http:// on to the next question. the East and the West. www.hawaii.edu/cjs. Although Turkey remains ami- 11:41 a.m. cable to the U.S., it has deep cul- I’m no closer to knowing for tural, geographical and religious ties sure if there is a lawsuit pending, to nations like Iraq, which are in only that I can pee while sitting conflict with the U.S. Because of and not spill. My ego bruised and Turkey’s ties to the nations that the plot foiled, I pack it up. The final U.S. is in military and ideological allusions of celebrity interviewing conflict with, I saw it as the ideal in style crushed as Burroughs and place to gain an understanding of Murphy go to take their “goat milk the differences that cause the con- bath” and I go to empty my mug full flicts and generate repercussions for of pee. everyone. A few days later, I look back To fully absorb this foreign on Wikipedia. The information has culture, I designed a six-week jour- been changed to show he did not ney divided into three sections: adopt his name from the family and two weeks in Western Turkey, two that there is, indeed, a lawsuit pend- weeks at The Glass Furnace and the ing. Vindication. My château invite last two in the less “touristy,” eastern should be here any day. half of Turkey. Traveling the large Ka Leo O Hawai‘i Sports Page 8 | Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Editor: Keane Santos Associate Editor: Scott Alonso | (808) 956-3215 | [email protected] Warriors fall to 49ers in pre-game exhibition The 49ers also outdug the Warriors Hawai‘i a second victory (30-27) Face off with LBSU 65-50 in the match, and held UH to force an intense Game 5. to a .175 attack percentage. The Hawai‘i showed no signs of ends in a Warriors had eight errors, while giving up as they went into the the 49ers had only four. match-deciding game. A barrage nail-biting Game 5 In Game Two, the Warriors of 49er kills and UH attack errors tried to change things up a bit ultimately ended with a service ace Steven Tonthat by sending in sophomore outside from LBSU, ending the game at hitter Mark Ribeiro. The scores Ka Leo Contributing Writer 15-9, and giving LBSU the match. stayed relatively close, but with “In the end they served well,” LBSU always pulling ahead. The After sweeping Long Beach Hakala said. “But it was a good cycle was finally broken when a State University 30-25, 30-24, 30- comeback [after being] down two kill from Ribeiro gave the Warriors 25 in Thursday night’s exhibition games.” their first lead of the game at 7-6. match, the University of Hawai‘i Hakala scored an impres- But it didn’t last long as a double Warrior volleyball team fell to the sive match-high in kills with 31, block from the 49ers gave them LBSU 49ers in a five-game nail- while Long Beach’s Paul Lotman back the lead. biter in front of a crowd of 678 came up with the second highest The rest of the game seesawed at 26. Vidinha was the only other at the Stan Sheriff Center Friday back and forth, tying a total of night. Warrior to achieve double digits in 14 times until a service ace gave kills with 11. Cervantes also had “They came out with a lot of LBSU another victory at 30-28, fire,” said UH freshman libero Ric a strong night, coming up with 14 and setting Hawai‘i back, 0-2. defensive digs. Cervantes. “I’m sure they didn’t Down two games to none, want to lose like we didn’t want to “It’s still only preseason,” it seemed that the 49ers would Cervantes said. “I think we’ll get a lose.” achieve revenge and sweep lot better. It’s just the beginning.” LBSU came out swinging, Hawai‘i, just like they had been Though the Warriors lost, this bringing them to an early 4-1 lead. swept the night before. But the exhibition won’t count against The Warriors attempted to fight Warriors would not accept defeat them, and the players feel optimis- back, with kills from senior outside so easily. tic about the upcoming season. hitter Laurie Hakala, and freshman The Warriors, once again, were “What was really good about middle blocker Matt Rawson, but not too far behind the 49ers, tying this,” Wilton said, “was it showed the 49ers kept one step ahead to a total of 16 times. But soon, the eventually take a commanding 20- momentum swung in favor of the us the battle conditions, what we 15 lead. team in white, and a kill by fresh- need to get better at. I know we “We beat them in three straight man outside hitter Ernest Vidinha DAN RICHARDS • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i really learned a lot.” games [on Thursday],” said UH brought them their first match Middle blocker/outside hitter Jacob Schkud attempts a kill in Hawaii's five game thrilling exhi- The Warriors have another head coach Mike Wilton. “So it point, at 31-30. A double block bition loss to Long Beach State Friday night. week of team practices, and their stands to figure they’re going to by Vidinha and Rawson gave the next exhibition is not until January, come out and go for it.” Warriors their first victory at 32- ed off strong with kills from senior Hawaii’s blocking flared up when they face the University of Lauri Hakala led Hawai‘i with 30, avoiding a three-game sweep. setter Brian Beckwith and Vidinha, as a double block from Beckwith British Columbia. The Warriors eight kills in the first game, but the Fired up about their victory, bringing an early 3-1 lead. But the and Rawson gave the Warriors will open up their regular season Warriors fell short as a kill from the Warriors went into Game Four 49ers fought back with kills of their second game point, 29-27. on the road against University of the 49ers clinched victory at 30-24. with renewed intensity. They start- their own. A service error from LBSU gave California, Irvine on Jan. 12. SportsBriefs

By Ka Leo Sports Desk women’s basketball team showcased team (18-5, 10-1 WAC) swept through its new run-and-gun offense with the Nevada Wolf Pack (14-10, 8-4) a 104-42 exhibition game victory 30-24, 30-24 and 30-23 in a nation- Brennan gains recognition for over Division II Hawai‘i Pacific on ally televised match (CSTV) at the record breaking weekend Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center. Virginia Street Gym last Thursday. In University of Hawai‘i junior The Rainbow Wahine officially the first game, Kamana‘o broke the quarterback Colt Brennan was named open the 2006-07 season at home WAC career assists record, finishing the Western Athletic Conference against Georgetown on the opening with 35 assists, to raise her total to Offensive Player of the Week, the con- day of the Wāikīkī Beach Marriott 5,904. ference announced on Monday. Last Classic, Nov. 17. Kamana‘o also added five blocks Sunday, Brennan UH’s up-tempo play style led to and five digs on the night, while Juliana was named Walter 47 points off of 33 HPU turnovers. Sanders hit .611 with 12 kills and six Camp National All 14 players in uniform saw action blocks. Mason led all players with 13 Offensive Player for the Rainbow Wahine. kills and four blocks while hitting .333. of the Week. Pam Tambini led all scorers with Freshman Jayme Lee led UH with 11 Brennan, a 16 points and six rebounds. Dalia digs while sophomore Elise Duggins junior from Irvine, Solia added 15 points on 6-of-9 shoot- added eight. Calif. (Saddleback ing while Tanya Smith had a double- The Rainbow Wahine started the C o m m u n i t y double of 11 points and 10 rebounds. match a little cold in the chilly weather College), com- Newcomer Iwona Zagrobelna had of Reno, allowing Nevada leads of 11 points and seven rebounds while 7-4 and 8-6. Sanders willed UH back, pleted 18-of-28 BRENNAN passes for 413 preseason all-Western Athletic putting away three-straight kills giving Conference center Brittany Grice had UH their first lead at 9-8. The Rainbow yards and six touchdowns in Hawaii’s JOEY TRISOLINI • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i 63-10 win at Utah State University. nine points and 13 rebounds. Wahine never relinquished the lead UH led 28-8 midway through the UH Guard Pam Tambini saves the ball from going out of bounds during an exhibition match again in the game, using a 9-1 run en He also had one carry for 12 yards against Hawai‘i Pacific University. while playing in just three quarters of first half and pushed its lead to 43- route to a 30-24 win in Game 1. the game. 18 with three minutes to play in the Hawai‘i opened the second He did throw an interception, first half. UH forced 13 Sea Warrior Glen Smith Spectrum Saturday. the first game, 30-17. game rolling, taking a quick 6-1 lead snapping his school-record streak of turnovers in the first half and had nine Sophomore Jamie Houston The Rainbow Wahine got the early on. But the Wolf Pack came consecutive pass attempts without a steals en route to a 52-27 halftime hit .520 with 13 kills, 10 digs, two advantage up to 21-7, before coasting right back with a 6-1 run of their pick at 182. Brennan now has 39 lead. Rachel Hancock led the Sea aces and three blocks. Junior Juliana their way to a 30-18 win in Game 2. own to tie the score at 7-7. Houston touchdowns passes on the season, Warriors with 10 points. Sanders had eight kills and six blocks Hawai‘i again took quick leads of 6-1 put UH back ahead, capping a four- breaking the school record of 38 set Hawai‘i blew the game wide while hitting .636 while senior Sarah and 11-4 to start Game 3. After trad- point run with consecutive aces. by Timmy Chang in 2004. He needs open in the second half, out-scoring Mason posted 11 kills. Junior Kari ing a few sideouts, UH used another Hawai‘i held the lead the rest of the 15 to tie the NCAA record of 54 the Sea Warriors 48-15 after intermis- Gregory added six kills and five 5-0 run to take their biggest lead way with a kill by Kari Gregory end- set by Houston’s David Klingler in sion. Megan Tinnin, who finished blocks while senior Kanoe Kamana‘o of the game at 19-10. Utah State ing the game at 30-24. 1990. with 14 points, drained consecutive had 36 assists, three aces, three digs stayed in it, but couldn’t overcome A couple of kills by Houston This is Brennan’s third WAC 3-pointers with one minute left as UH and two blocks. the Rainbow Wahine, who ended up got UH off to a 4-0 start in Game 3. Player of the Week award this season, hit the century mark. UH got ahead early in the first taking the game 30-24. A couple of three-point runs by the having earned the honor in consecu- game, taking a 7-2 lead after a couple UH will return home for their Wolf Pack pulled it back within a tive weeks on Oct. 9 and 16. aces by Kamana‘o. A four-point run final homestand of the season, host- point at 10-9 and 13-12. Nevada tied Rainbow Wahine win on the road by the Aggies brought them back ing Louisiana Tech on Nov. 10, at the score at 18-18, only to see UH The No. 16 UH Rainbow Wahine within a point at 9-8. UH responded 6:30 p.m., before facing No. 23 New run off four-straight points to get UH Routs HPU In Women’s Hoops volleyball team (19-5, 11-1 WAC) with a 4-0 run of their own to push Mexico State on Nov. 12, at 5 p.m., to a comfortable 22-18 advantage. Exhibition swept through the Utah State Aggies their lead back to 13-8, and never for senior night. Hawai‘i controlled from then on as a (12-15, 5-8) 30-17, 30-18 and 30-24 looked back. The Rainbow Wahine UH takes out the Wolf Pack kill by Gregory ended the night with The University of Hawai‘i in front of a crowd of 1,332 at the Dee got it as high as 27-15 before winning The Rainbow Wahine volleyball a 30-23 Game 3 win.